ORGANIZATIONS

Milano VFD chili supper to be held Saturday Milano Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual chili supper Saturday, starting at 4:30 p.m. Dinners include chili, beans and all the fixings including tea and dessert. There will also be an online auction and a gun drawing.

GAUSE NEWS

Hope you had a nice Valentine’s Day. If you got out on Sunday, it must have been an emergency! Our family lost a muchloved person over the weekend—Wayne’s aunt, Martha Newman, who lived in Milano. She was 97 years young.

Alex’s fish fry

An amazing amount of people, companies and charity groups got together to raise money for the Sandoval family last weekend and the results were spectacular. The fish fry at Brett’s Backyard BBQ raised over $15,000.

Alex’s classmates tell us who she really is

Last week when I was writing my editorial about Alex Sandoval, I reached out to Kathy Pelzel, principal at Rockdale Intermediate School. I asked her which classes Alex liked and if she had won any awards. That kind of thing.

Feel the love on Valentine’s Day even for yourself

It’s easy to feel alone on Valentine’s Day if you do not have a “special someone” to celebrate the holiday with. Living in a monogamous society that is in many ways, obsessed with the concept of romance, being single is often seen as being synonymous with being alone.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks for Judge Young, COVID-19 volunteers Dear editor, My wife and I got our second COVID-19 vaccine shot recently. This was made possible and easy by the hard work and dedicated efforts of Judge Steve Young and all the fine staff and volunteers of Milam County.

Looking back... Through The Reporter Files

100 YEARS AGO... The Rockdale Public School boasted the largest enrollment in its history, and Supt.

The places you’ll go

There might be times we wonder if God, like Elvis, has left the building. That’s about what’s going on in Psalm 13. In this Psalm the writer asks, “How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I have…sorrow in my heart all the day?

Easy Taco Tuesday, shrimp scampi for whenever

Here’s a recipe to make Taco Tuesday pretty easy. This recipe calls for a whole bird which would definitely be the way I would make it and would be the cheapest route. But I don’t have a bunch of hungry kids squawking about dinner. I would also leave the skin on, but I’m fat like that.

Team Alex

There is nothing more heartbreaking than hearing about a sick child, and this town is jumping in to help. Don’t be downhearted. There are plenty of ways we can all assist with the efforts. Alex is 10 years old and a fifth grader at Rockdale Intermediate School.